What Are the Best Paragliding Conditions?

Paragliders (or "Parapentes" in French) have a low top speed, hence are suited to flying in winds of under 25 km/h and relatively smooth air conditions. The non-rigid structure of paragliders relies on a constant angle of attack to maintain the shape and profile of the wing section.

Turbulent air changes the angle of attack and can deflate part or all of a wing while in flight. "Collapses" are typically easy to deal with but require some training to manage correctly.

Paragliders are suitable for mountain flying in low-wind conditions, and are often flown in thermally active areas or coastal locations where a sea-breeze is prevalent, allowing ridge soaring.

The Dominican Republic offers optimal paragliding conditions and clean air space with very low or non-existant air-traffic and wondeful thermals.

We can organize for you paragliding lessons, courses, paragliding tours in the mountains and paraglider tandem flights.

Check out our paragliding school section or contact us to book a paragliding course, paragliders tour in the Dominican mountains or tandem parasailing flight: